Hamilton All Star Jazz

Don’t miss the final concert in our Artist In Residence series on Friday, April 24. The All Stars will be joined by guest artist and alumnus Josh Brown. Josh will be joined by Jake Wilkinson (trumpet), Lee Wallace (guitar), Pat Collins (bass), and Norbert Botos (drums). Tickets at hamiltonallstarjazz.org

Josh Brown seemed destined to become a musician. Raised in Burlington, Ontario by his music teacher mother and jazz loving father, he grew up playing in school and city bands, eventually winning local and national competitions. Later he attended Humber College in Toronto, where he studied music with highly regarded teachers such as Al Kay, Don Thompson, and Pat LaBarbera. He then went on to attend the prestigious Banff School of Fine Arts, and Thelonious Monk Jazz Aspen Snowmass.

Josh made the move to New York in the early 2000′s, and quickly began establishing his name as an up and coming jazz trombonist, studying with jazz greats Slide Hampton, Steve Davis, and Barry Harris by day, and cutting his teeth on the local scene at night. Aside from his work as a leader, notable credits vary far and wide, from small group work with renowned jazzmen Grant Stewart, Frank Basile, and Ehud Asherie, to large groups such as Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the Smalls Big Band, as well as living legends, which included a recent guest appearance with Freddy Cole on his latest album This and That. Josh has also toured internationally and relentlessly for close to a decade as a member of Warner artist Michael Buble’s band. Numerous TV credits include Saturday Night Live, BET on Jazz, PBS Great Performances, The Late Show with Jay Leno, The Tonight Show with David Letterman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Live with Kelly and Michael.

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